why jungwon is the only one who can save sunoo from his villain arc.
to start, we need to look at given-taken.
during their stay at the orphanage, sunoo is seen unleashing his vampiric instincts onto jungwon, biting him and turning him into a vampire. this is what kicks off the story, of course, but this is more than a simple bite. this is more than survival.
they’re in a room together, playing alone. this implies an intimacy between them that is absent from the other members. they trust each other, almost to a fault. maybe that’s why sunoo bites jungwon specifically.
everyone else is away. he just needs to spend eternity with his best friend.
sunoo is later seen sobbing and holding a teddy bear he once found comfort in. he’s in the same room as before, but without jungwon in sight.
sunoo has been hurt severely. he has no one to cry to anymore, just the teddy bear that represents the ruins of his childhood. jungwon has left him; a betrayal he won’t recover from. they were supposed to be immortal together, right?
but there’s more to this, because jungwon was the one to lead them out of the orphanage and thus destroy their relationship.
let me explain.
in let me in (20 cube), the cube the members are trapped in symbolizes the orphanage and their inability to live in the outside world. they’re forced to hide; to stay trapped forever.
that is, until jungwon decides to break them out.
jungwon is the first one we see to charge forward towards the edge of the cube. he wants freedom more than anything, no matter the consequences.
so, he wanders and finds the truth that’s escaped the boys for their whole lives: jungwon must bring the members out and destroy the cube they’re stuck inside of.
so he does.
however, this has consequences for sunoo in tamed-dashed (japanese version).
in the ruins of their orphanage, sunoo finds his charred teddy bear: the corpse of the child he once was.
until now, sunoo has followed jungwon’s lead. they’ve been a team. but now his whole life has been uprooted. he wanted to live forever, yes, but that didn’t mean he wanted to destroy the past in favor of the future.
he stares at the bear with silent grief as the others look at him with unsaid judgement. but sunoo must move on. he always has.
onto tamed-dashed (korean version), the members, including sunoo, stumble upon a rugby ball. this ball becomes a new symbol. though, not for sunoo’s innocence. the ball is the companionship the brothers share.
sunoo reaches for the ball as his brothers watch on. he grabs it, looking for a game, or maybe he has never seen it before and is curious, just as jungwon does.
but what impact does this longing for connection have on sunoo?
it burns him as soon as he touches it. hot, searing pain. but the other members do nothing. that seems to be a pattern in sunoo’s eyes.
from this point on, sunoo is alone in tamed-dashed. he dresses in black robes, as if to hide the scars that have come from years of longing.
he stands at the edge of the forest where they found the ball in the first place. he hasn’t moved on. he’s stuck in the place where his brothers watched him burn and did nothing.
but what happened to jungwon?
he keeps a rugby ball in his locker at the high school the boys now occupy. he’s living freely, just as he wanted. he plays rugby with his brothers, always connected to them.
but unlike the others, he feels something amiss with sunoo. he kickstarts a game of rugby. it’s not immediately clear why, until the ball is thrown towards sunoo.
and suddenly, his perspective on the world shifts.
the boys have always been with sunoo. they escaped with him, and followed behind him all this time. he just never thought to forgive, nor to look back.
all because jungwon, the boy he saw as the image of destruction and casualty, extended a hand.
sunoo may have never forgotten what happened at the orphanage, but jungwon never forgot how much he cared for sunoo.
i have more thoughts, but i ran out of space and images to attach lol. feel free to ask questions and message me if you have theories of your own
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Synopsis : curiosity kills the cat. In this case it's you. However thankfully jeongin believes in given taken relations.
Listen to : Your light from live on.
Wc: 4k-ish not proof read sry
AN: mentions of txt and other skz members. Pronouns used them/their. Please point out if I missed it somewhere. Bike mentioned is the same one as in B ME Mv
I lost my motivation to write this half way so posting a part to see if you guys like it. If the feedback is positive I ll post the full version :)) based on a thought I had when I was 15. I haven't watched that movie too btw.
1.The morning sunrays hit your face and also blinded your phone's screen as you tried to read the texts. The teacher had long entered the classroom but was busy talking to the front row how his weekend went. Thankfully you had the best seat in class. Window side last row. Perfect. The class door whipped open and everyone looked in awe as 𝘩𝘦 entered. "well well thank you jeongin for coming so early to school." he bowed and continued to walk towards his desk. First row last bench. His black hair falling on his eyes face void of smile he looked scary everyone thought. But that didn't stop the kids from swooning over him. Oohs and ahhs erupted when he plopped on his seat. You stared at him too. But not for how good looks. Meh. But for how you missed the chance to see his amazing motorbike. Every morning girls would wait for him. Including you. You sat on your friend's bike waiting to get a elimpse of that black glossy Yamaha R1.
While all these thoughts processed in your brain jeongin caught you staring at him. Not that you were staring. You were - zoned out. He turned to look at you too. You couldn't nt see his eyes but the smirk that formed on his lips you didn't miss to notice. Flustered you blinked seeing straight at the white board, you dipped your head again now rather pretending to text your friends.
2.You werent really a sweet tooth person but when it came for whipped cream sandwich you were surely whipped. Knowing its a student body favourite you rushed right after the bell rang to get your hands on as much as you can. Hands full and face with pride you made way back to your classroom. However you stopped at the door when you saw a commotion going inside.
"jeongin I really like you. Please accept my love!"
All this time while he was surrounded by the girls with pink little paper roses he sat on the desk eyes fixed on the cellphone. He got up abruptly, the chair he occupied falling by force a few people around him flinching by the action. He looked at the girls for less than a second his eyes delivering the rejection instead. You were still standing near the door following his movements just like everyone else. He stopped in front of you.
"can I get one?" he asked catching the plastic material of the sandwich you holded. You looked at the sandwich and back at him. And you swung your hands to the side, a sign of "no!".
You stepped back immediately defensively. You frowned as your head hit something. jeongin's free hand between the door frame.
"ahh" you muttered. "I should say that you're head's a rock. I ll take this in return." he grabbed the sandwich and walked away. "hey!" you yelled. But he was already far hand in pocket while munching on your dessert. You returned to your friends upset brows knitted together.
"what was that?" all of them asked unanimously.
"I know right he snatched my sweet like a thief!"
"yn we aren't talking about them it's jeon-" huening kai whined.
"what? I was talking about them" soobin interrupted.
"me too he took the sweet yn bought for me" added beomgyu.
"not you us!" snickered soobin
3. "Are you sure your not secretly crushing on him yn?"
"No!" you yelled smacking beomgyu on his leg.
"the bell's gonna ring soon, I'm going. Don't be late yn. Come on huening" soobin said.
" That guy has a late record to maintain" beomgyu said amusingly leaning against the pillar.
"how do you? Do you have a secret crush on him?"
"no he's my best friend"
"What! When? How did I not know?" you exclaimed getting off the bicycle you were seated on.
"because you always have your eyes on his bike and you also never listen to me?" beomgyu complained.
"do the others know?"
"ofcourse I met jeongin at the studio his older friends have their own trio called 3racha. Wait there he is" he laughed at the end. And you wondered why but when you looked over at the gate
"oh no! He didn't bring the bike! Why didn't he bring the bike!"
"oh poor you wait I ll ask him— hey jeongin!"
"no gyu don't" but it was too late jeongin was already walking towards you guys.
"hey gyu" he said smiling and for the first time you saw his dimples or the way his eyes crinkled when he smiled.
He was handsome. You knew. But he was this cute, it was a new discovery.
He didn't spare a glance at you so you kept taking that advantage and stared at him longer.
"why didn't you bring your ride today?" at this jeongin frowned. And you were scared if something happened to it.
"ahh it's-its in the garage."
"why?" you blurted out before you knew it. Eyes wide you locked eyes with him.
"to um to wash".
You nodded and ran off from the awkward meeting. "gyu I ll see you later!"
"they don't have a boyfriend do they gyu?"
"nope. Who'd date that bike freak?"
'but they're so pretty' jeongin wondered watching your tiny figure run inside the school building.
"anyways innie, i won't log in tonight I have band practice."
"aww afterschool? Gotta help ynnie at bakery"
"bakery?"
"yeah they're sister got a bakery near here I promised to help their sister"
4. You were mumbling to the song your friends from before were working on.
Bobbing you're re head to the music you were walking as if in your own world. But that seemed to stop when you see "her". His bike.
You walked fast but quietly. Almost replicating a kitten. You look around and you don't seem to jeongin anywhere. An amazing chance "ahh dark fantasy" yes you named her that. For a high school girl who's told bike causes accidents and are incredibly dangerous you thought it was dark. And that you ll be able to ride one only in your fantasy. Hence the name. It was also dark black. "did your bad owner leave you here all alone" you cooed.
You grasped the handle excited. You have never been this close to it before.
You were mesmerised by the designs clean finish as you traced your hands on the seat. Clang!!! The sound echoed. The bike started falling leaning towards you. You caught the bike but just then two strong arms wrapped around you and supported the vehicle. You shrieked in fear when you looked up and realising jeongin was looking down too but there was a glint of amusement. The more nervous you get the more confident he becomes.
"aahhh I'm sorry".
"it's okay" he released you, brushing a hand through his black hair.
"so sorry dear bike "
" no worries— what are you doing"
This is what jeongin didn't like about you. Being the middle child he was never given full attention. He didn't care when he was a child but now that he's growing he'd pout at people not giving him the attention he deserves. Every morning you would come to school and wait for him but not for him but rather his bike. He was ashamed to admit it but he was jealous of his own ride. He also wont admit that after catching you stare at him yesterday wondered if he could ever get a chance with the cute bike freak classmate. And that is why he purposely walked to school confirming his hopes were up for nothing. However he couldn't bare to see your sad pout and furrowed eyebrows so when his friend said you'd be in the bakery near by he rushed to bring his bike after school. However what he didn't expect was to meet you like this. Watching you do a monologue.
"are you really apologising to him and not its owner?" he laughed dryly.
Maybe you were too dense or maybe it was his laugh that rang in your ears that made you not cower in fear unlike you're other classmates.
" I broke his leg not yours, right? But still I'm sorry I honestly don't know how it happened "
He took a step forward supporting the bike placing his hand on the handle and seat. you took a back but your calves hit the bike and you were trapped in between before you knew it. He tapped his hand on the handle explaining " you pulled the handle sidewards too much. You must learn to control the handles to ride any motorcycle safely." he tilted his head looking at you deep in thought while you nodded touching the handles too. You both didn't realise its been over a minute you were in that position maybe because you were busy thinking how should you repay him not only because his reputation said he'd beat you up to a pulp but also because it was the right thing to do. While he, he was thinking of other ways to make you repay him. He wouldn't actually take money from you. "Ahmm " he cleared his throat keeping an appropriate distance this time. But the two highschooler's got nervous after the moment they shared.
"so..." you started.
"so?"
"how much do I owe you?"
"oh um you don't have to you could do a favour for me in return"
"and what is that"
"date me."
"wha—"
"fake, fake date me yn"
"why?" you questioned completely confused. Why was the attractive kid in your class who no one would bat an eye was asking to date no fake date you.
"you-you witnessed what happened at school right. I want those girls to stop chasing me around. If I have a girlfriend they ll back off, right?"
"No, they'd come bully me"
"you read too many animes, also you wouldn't get bullied would you?" it was of an answer than a question and it did boast your ego.
"no they wouldn’t but still I won't do this dramatic act just give me the bill I'll buy you." saying that you that you left.
5. The week had ended two days of no school, but opposite from all the weekends you woke up early with a goal in mind. Tying a bun and wearing overalls you left the house with a granola bar in hand. A good breakfast for a busy day. Opening the door to the bakery the air was smelling like to condensed milk, sweet, too sweet.
"sissy~"
"did you get a nightmare how'd you wake up so early" she said while arranging the freshly baked condensed milk bread. You ran over to her and pulled the tray towards yourself, burning your fingertips in process.
"ahhh I ll ahh do it."
"that's kinda sus though. But sure put a band aid and wrap everything up in plastic put labels and clean the displays and then stay in the front all day."
"what that's alot. Fine I ll do it! "
You put up the lacy apron and started. "to avoid jeongin I must" you breathed out as you took the nth order of your day. The chimes rang indicating a new customer has come so you tore your gaze from your phone as you looked up half interested. "welcome!~how can I help you"
There came three gorgeous guys strike that two because one was jeongin with an obnoxious grin. "we'd like a turtle bread, coffee bread and croffle."
"take away? " you smiled trying to be as professional as possible.
"yes" the taller blonde said but was quickly scolded by the muscular black tee guy. "you should have just gotten delivery then"
"we ll have it here yn" jeongin replied ignoring the older ones arguing at the back.
"yn? Innie do you know them?"
"no!"
"it's on their name tag Hyunjin, since I'm the oldest, it's hyung's treat "
"hey yn who's the guys with jeongin over there" your sister pointed at them seated near the window. And you couldn't help but admire jeongin's black shiny treeses. How soft will it be?
"oh my goodness isn't that guy like a living statue of Greek god."
"your drool could accidentally fall on their order be careful!" you laughed fake wiping. "shut up! People will misunderstand. Go serve them and oh take these salt rolls I just made."
"are you demonstrating me an example of pretty privilege right now?" you raised your brow in question.
"no Im doing this for you, isn't jeongin your classmate?"
"how'd you know, how do you even know him?"
"he's a regular here. Isn't he really cute~" she teased wiggling her eyebrows.
"the breads will get cold." you snatched the tray from her, putting on a fake smile as you walked over.
" this is salt rolls. on service" you beamed your capitalist smile while sliding the last plate down.
"ohh thank you."
"Is this new?"
"yeah it hasn't been released yet, your the firsts"
Jeongin hadn't spoken anything personal to you and you were thankful hoping it ll continue so but you were proved wrong the moment you slide in the counter and turn back finding jeongin. "here" he said giving a white piece of paper. "a sugar sachet?" you asked turning to show him the words printed. "that's for Hyunjin, here this one" he handed over before checking if the item was correct this time.
"ahh the bill, fine I ll pay" you sighed. This was the sole reason you were working today on a Sunday.
"yn you don't have to really pay. I don't—" he awkwardly smiled
"no. I must, I ll feel guilty plus its wrong if you just brush it out, even if I'm your best friend's best friend ."
" what you think uh" he scoffed.
"go enjoy the bread I ll be back"
You went into the back of the store where your sister was egg washing buns.
"sissy" you started whining slightly tugging at her sleeves.
"I need 43500KRW please~"
"what! I suspected you needed something but why do you need this much money for?"
"it's not that much money. And I'm not buying stuff I need to repay somebody."
"you took a loan from someone?"
"no! I broke something and I need to repay. Its only cause the good manners you taught me right~"
"tell me who only then will I think about it"
You kept silent. Should you tell her it's jeongin? Or should you not? Well after she forced you, you had little choice.
"it's jeongin I broke his bike's stand."
" did you go jumping over after seeing a cool bike"
"maybe or maybe not see he brought an intimidating and the Greek god guy to threaten me please I ll work here for free you don't need to pay okay? "
After thinking for a moment she agreed.
But when you returned to their table jeongin was no where to be found.
After helping out in bakery as promised the next day too, you planned out to visit your local with your friends. Maybe it was the work that made you tired or maybe it was the blazing sun. Either one you were dragging your feet thinking it would have been nice to just meet at your home. Or at least have one of them pick you up. A loud noise drove past you giving you a second of breeze. You recognised the bike and its rider instantly. How cool would it be to ride a bike, literally. "ah the money" you ran towards where the bike halted and parked. The cafe you were heading too.
"jeongin hi—" he signed you to stop with his hand and continued to slowly remove his helmet. Shaking his hair as they fell back on his eyes. Running a hand through it. Mesmerised for a second you frowned at the next. "was the hair shaking really necessary?"
"why did it flutter your heart?" he smiled failing to hold his smirk. Ignoring his previous comment you swung your bag to one side and opened the zip pulling out a pastel envelope.
"here's your money"
He looked at behind frustrated you still care about the money without giving any thought to his offer. But suddenly he pulled you into the near by alley. Your back hit the wall and you couldn't help but blush and get flustered and the close proximity, with his hands on either side of your head. However he wasn't aware as his entire focus was towards the cafe door as he hid you from his friends.
"I - sorry" he stepped back. And you patted your head down nervously.
"are you blushing?" he smiled amusingly.
"no!"
"you look like a tomato" he said not excepting the obvious lie.
"anyway yn, I repaired the stand on my own so you don't need to pay me."
"so you mean I'm going to help my sister every single free day I have for NOTHING? " you exclaimed.
"yes yn. But that's on you I never really told you to pay" he gave you a handkerchief and
He bend over again noticing his friends had entered the shop. Mirroring his actions you questioned "were they your friends. Why are you reluctant on hiding our relation from them"
"and what is our relation yn?"
"um that of a classmate"
"hmm you know you can change that to something else like a fake girlfriend?"
"yeah nope. I have no benefit in this deal sir"
"it doesn't need to be that way. Given taken? Be my girlfriend I mean fake and I ll do something in return?"
You thought for awhile its not actually a bad offer is it?
Worst possibility is nevermind you live only once.
"teach me to ride a bike." you looked straight in his eyes.
"yeah right" he laughed but stopped when he saw your serious look.
"are you sure?"
"yeah. You could've just taken the money from me but you didn't even if your beomgyu 's best friend you still seem responsible enough."
He laughed at what you said at the end. "okay. I ll think about it"
And with that he went. You entered the café the bell announcing your entry you lock eyes with jeongin who sat on the first table with the older guys.
"yn how late can you ever be" you awkwardly smiled at yeonjun's complaining and headed over to them. But you felt a gaze on you, following your movements. You didn't need to look around to figure out who it belonged to. It was obviously him.
6. Unknown :tomorrow 5pm the empty road behind school.
You: jeongin?
Possibly jeongin :who else did you ask to teach you bike?
You: hihi thanks you so much!!!!
Jeongin :you don't need to. Its given taken remember?
You :yeah yeah. Where'd you get my number?
Jeongin :beomgyu
You: he wasn't nosy about it?
Jeongin: no I told him you owed me something. Said to 'irritate you as much as I can'
Jeongin : anyways long pants and boots.
You: yes sir!
Keeping down your phone beside the bed you smiled excitedly dreaming of finally completing your wish tomorrow unaware jeongin is smiling too but unlike you he doesn't know the reason behind his shy smile.
Now you don't reallly know why jeongin specifically asked to wear long pants, I mean boots yeah grip purposes. Wearing a simple tee you went to the decided spot.
Walking in a distance you se jeongin leaning on his bike wearing leather jacket and jeans but what's with all the riders going for a black leather jacket look. Why do all need to look scary and all badass. You'd prefer a lighter leather jacket just to break the stereotype.
"hi!" jeongin pirked up seeing you approach near. "why the long pants in sun?" you questioned.
"so that your legs don't get burnt honey"
He said cocky looking at your shock expression at the nickname he added.
"oh? Have we started the fake dating thing?"
"ofcourse haven't I agreed to teach you. But a warning yn. Please listen to me and I will always be the one in control even if you're the rider."
He turned around and grabbed the bag which hung around the handle and gestured you to take it. "here wear this. Everybody thinks biker's wear leather jackets or black clothes to look all cool and scary but that's a myth. It's to avoid grease stains and Jackets are must or you'll freeze to death."
You pulled out the jacket he brought for you and you couldn't hide the smile crept on your lips. It was a baby blue leather jacket.
"my mom bought it but I wore it only a handful of times. It' ll fit you well" ofcourse You loved it but having a blushed face of your own you wanted to return it back.
" why not a black one? It would have been a perfect couple outfit. Hot badassess" and like you wanted his cheeks turned lighter shade of red.
"I don't know about badass but at least we're hot." and you blushed again. Ugh!
"Let's start now. Firstly know your ride this is KTM adventure bike"
"I'm aware it's a 390 adventure jeongin" you said annoyingly as you predicted today's going to be a textual lesson.
"well if you're that aware, what's its cc?"
"373" you replied in a blink of an eye.
" single-cylinder motor too" you at him proudly. "okay! I accept you're better than I thought you were" he says raising his arms defensively.
"but but it's not easy to climb one if you've never climbed one before. So have you?"
You shaked you're head as a 'no'.
"okay then" he positioned on to the side of the bike with him beside you. "bend your legs. No no keep gap. Right now hold the handle with your left hand. Raise you leg high. Put it over the seat and sit. You're done!"
"I don't think I did good jeongin look where I'm seating too close to the handles." you scooted back on the main seat just to have yourself pushed back up. "no it's fine because that means I ll have more space to sit." he said grinning while your expression turned into a mortified one. "why why do. why are you sitting!"
"do you have a license dear badass?"
"no?"
"then ofcourse I'm sitting behind you. Also you could injure yourself and my bike if you lose control."
"Alright" you grip the handles tightly. Jeongin starts explaining the various buttons and symbols on the front unaware that you know all of them. However you don't tell him that. You let him crane his neck besides you, hands brushing each other as he points at a different plug. "yn?" he calls out bending behind putting
"hm yeah"
"you got it right?"
"yep of course!"
"good then start the engine"
All the weight of your shoulders lifted it was as if you were flying. Getting over the initial nervousness where you were all cranky and whining you were now relaxed more than you ever were. It felt as though you could conquer anything. You felt powerful. Of course you were aware of the fact jeongin had full control over the bike as his hands were over yours completely holding the handle. "do you want to try and let go?"
You shacked your head furiously getting scared of the proposed idea. "I ll take care of you". one look over the shoulder at jeongin and you knew you could trust him. You turned back at lightly shifted your hands from under him and stretched them out. The air hitting your face making you feel alive then you ever felt. Thankfully you tied your hair up or else they would hit jeongin alot. A very dangerous yet funny scene. The ride started to slow down and so you brought your arms back but jeongin's Broad ones captured the entire space on the rubber. "keep them on mine." he said. "the handles hurt your palms. I forgot to bring it. I ll give it to you next ride kay". Shakily you did what he said. Ignoring the butterflies in your stomach. Seems like slower the ride less the adrenaline and more hyper aware of everything.
Getting off the vehicle he kept his hold strong on it as you proceeded to get down on the ground.
He smiled at you while you replicated the same. Staring at his cute dimples more than necessary.
"did you—"
" I had—"
He lowly chucked but it was enough to send a shiver down your spine.
"you first"
"no no you can go first"
"ah okay. No one can learn to drive in a day. I hope you atleast learned the basics. But most importantly I'll be glad if you had a good time."
You shyly smiled looking at the ground.
"i did have great time. Thanks for today jeongin." you waved lightly and turned walking towards the blinking board of the bakery.
"hey!" jeongin called out.
"you don't have to thank him"
"huh?"
"you remember our deal right?"
"ah yep yes I do"
"then tomorrow. date. After school."
Saying so he walked away waving his hand colly. "hey!"
"see you later"
You huffed taken aback by the sudden date appointment even though you knew it was fake.
Returning back you know noticed three older guys staring at you. And now that you think about it they were there since jeongin dropped you off.
Jeongin 🏍️: I ll come pick you up tomorrow.
You: but we didn't decide on our terms to this...
Jeongin 🏍️: what is this? to all the boys I've loved before?
You: I haven't watched that movie
Jeongin 🏍️: wait seriously. I ll show it, you later. But for now remember I won't to anything inappropriate to you. So just trust me.
You: okayy
Jeongin🏍️: oh and remember
You:??
Jeongin 🏍️: try to prepare yourself. Don't fall for me to hard.
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